Bottle



Patented Apr.- 25, I899.

K 0. S L W W 4 4 3 2 6 0 N BOTTLE. (Application filed May 26, 1898.)

(No Model.)

Uivrrnn drains PATENT @rrrcm WILLIAM WILSON, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 623,644, dated. April 25, 1899.

Application filed May 26, 1898- Serial No. 681,767. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WILsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Bottles; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottles, and is especially designed to prevent fraudulent refilling thereof.

It consists of the parts and the constructions and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a section through theneck of a bottle and connections. Fig. 2 is a similar view representing a modification. Fig. 3 is an outside view of the same.

In the construction of my improved bottle I take advantage of the well-known resistance of the passage of liquids through minute openings which is caused by capillary attraction, and by a plurality of passages covered by finescreen material I increase this difficulty.

A represents the neck of the bottle, and B an annular stopper, which may be introduced into the neck of the bottle and secured by any suitable holding-cement at a sufficient distance from the top to allow of the subsequent introduction of the cork or stopper.

O are foraminous disks, which are fixed to the opposite ends of the annulus B, and these plates are made of a fine mesh or finely perforated.

The parts B and C may be made of any suitable non-corrosive material. It is possible to make the whole device of glass or other vitreous substance, in which case the disks 0 may be Woven of finely-spun glass or otherwise formed and secured to the annulus B, so as to leave a shallow space between them. Above this device is an annular cork D, which is adapted to receive the glass or other suitable closing stopper E, such as is used for closing of bottles containing Worcestershire sauce and like goods; but the stopper parts D and E may also be made entirely in one piece, if pre ferred. When the stopper is removed, the contents of the bottle can only be removed by reversing the bottle and either shaking it or striking it upon the bottom, so as to cause an agitation of the liquid, which will throw it forcibly against the screens 0, and it will pass through these screens in small quantities until the bottle is emptied. If it be attempted to again fill the bottle through these screens, it will be found practically impossible, because the capillary attraction causes the liquid to fill theinterstices of the screens, as Well as the space between them, in such a manner that it will be next to impossible to displace the air and introduce liquid from the outside, as any violent shaking of the bottle will result in spilling the liquid out of the open mouth of the bottle. In order to still further protect the bottle, I have shown in Fig. :2 a construction in which the extension of the top fits over and around the neck of the bottle, as shown-at F, and it has a spiral groove formed in it, as shown at G.

H is a pin which is introduced through the groove G and into ahole drilled in the side of the bottle for its reception, the pin being firmly cemented or secured after its introduction, so that when the sleeve F is turned in one direction it moves upward along the neck of the bottle by reason of this spiral groove, and when turned in the other direction it moves downward.

The annulus B, with its screens 0, is fixed in the neck of the bottle, as before described, and the hollow corkD is fitted into the upper part of the neck above the screen.

The sleeve F extends sufficiently beyond the neck of the bottle to provide for the transversely-projecting tubes I and J which are shown as extending outwardly upon opposite sides of the sleeve F. Above or beyond these tubes a plate K forms the closure to the end of the sleeve F, and when the sleeve is turned down about the neck of the bottle this plate is brought into contact with the cork or other stopper D. This entirely closes the bottle.

When it is desired to discharge a portion of the contents of the bottle, it is done by turning the sleeve F, so that the spiral groove G, moving upon the fixed pin II, will cause the sleeve F to move outward along the neck of the bottle, thus moving the closing-plate K away from the stopper D and bringing the tubes I and J above the line of the bottleneck.

The tube J is provided with a fine screen L, similar to the screens 0, and the tube I,

which is closed at the ends, has holes or perforations made throughout the outer and inner end, as shown at 1', to allow air to take the place of the liquid as the latter passes out of the bottle. By inverting the bottle, striking, or agitating it the liquid will be caused to pass through the screens 0 and the screen L, which is essentially at right angles with them, and air to take the place of the liquid will be admitted through the tube I.

Any attempt to refill the bottle through the screens will be prevented, as before described, by the resistance caused by the capillary attraction within the screens, and it becomes more difficult, because of the screens in this case standing at right angles with each other.

If the attempt be made to fill bottles through the holes 71 upon the opposite side, it will corrcspondingly be resisted by making these openings in the form of a fine screen, or I may employ a device consisting of a fiexible outwardly-opening valve M, which normally remains open. The material of which the valve is made is such that any liquid introduced from that side so as to wet the valve will cause it to immediately flatten down over the inner openings t' and close them. The silk or tissue material described in my former patent, No. 601,8lb, dated April 5, 1898, is well adapted for this purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle an annulus fixed within the neck, having fine screens fixed thereto at a short distance from each other and a supplementary removable stopper or closure substantially as described.

2. In a bottle, the combination of an annulus fixed Within the neck, having a plurality of superposed fine screens fixed to it, a hollow cork orstopper exterior to the screens, a sleeve fitting over the exterior of the bottle-neck and having a spiral groove, a pin fixed to the neck along which the groove is movable by turning the sleeve, a closed end of the sleeve adapted to seat upon the hollow stopper when the sleeve is turned down and to be moved away from it when the sleeve is moved outwardly, and a discharge-passage made transversely through the side of the sleeve.

3. In a bottle, the combination of an annulus fixed within the neck, having a plurality of superposed fine screens fixed to it, a hollow stopper or cork exterior to the screens, a sleeve having a closed outer end adapted to seat upon the hollow stopper, means comprising a spiral channel and a pin upon which said sleeve is turnable, whereby the sleeve is moved longitudinally upon the neck of the bottle, a discharge-passage opening from the side of the sleeve interior to the closed end, and a screen fixed across said passage.

l. In a bottle an annulus fixed within the neck and superposed fine screens secured to said annulus, a hollow stopper in said neck exterior to the screens, a sleeve surrounding the bottle-neck, having a closed end adapted to seat upon the hollow stopper, a spiral groove and pin whereby thesleeve is turnable to move it outward along the neck of the bottle, said sleeve having also a discharge-passage made in the side interior to the closed end, with a screen in said passage, and an air-passage upon the opposite side of the sleeve with a valve or diaphragm adapted to close the openings of the passage when liquid is introduced through said passage.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

\VILLIAM IVILSON.

lVitnesses:

S. II. NOURSE, J. B. LEE. 

